InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Gandalf 1:6

[Wor-Gar]

I agree, davejames Gandalf is as good as you can get your Crown Asmus Gandalf to look.

But we need more pictures than just this one of the InArt Gandalf.

And as R_R_X and DeltaForceChung will remind us, nothing really matters until we have the production piece in hand.

 

[davejames]

Thanks guys. And yeah I'm not seeing much of a likeness in this sculpt either. Which makes me worried now for their Aragorn, which is the figure I was really looking forward to. Because if they can't capture Gandalf with his exaggerated old man features, it doesn't give me much hope for someone as notoriously difficult to capture as Viggo Mortensen.

 

[Wor-Gar]

But think of the money you save.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Thanks guys. And yeah I'm not seeing much of a likeness in this sculpt either. Which makes me worried now for their Aragorn, which is the figure I was really looking forward to. Because if they can't capture Gandalf with his exaggerated old man features, it doesn't give me much hope for someone as notoriously difficult to capture as Viggo Mortensen.

That's the figure I'm interested in. I'm fine with the Asmus Gandalf the Grey.

 

[Someperson]

I think it’s the texture of queen’s Gandalf’s beard that is throwing me off somehow?

 

[George13]

The eyes are off

 

[vaanrose]

Yeah, it's a lifelike head sculpt, but something about the eyes - and eyebrows, is throwing the likeness off.

This just looks like a shallow focal length issue to me.

 

[Wor-Gar]

This just looks like a shallow focal length issue to me.

I like your optimism... and I hope so.

I wonder why there's not more photos? They just released the best one? Or they are so uncertain that they want to test the waters first because they know something's not right?

 

[Hologram AI]

Cuz it's not a full announcement yet, just another update photo of the figure.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Cuz it's not a full announcement yet, just another update photo of the figure.

Ah. Thank you for the clarity.

They better get a move on. They're suppose to reveal The Batman this month too. In fact, wasn't Paul from Dune also supposed to be revealed in May? Big month.

 

[Hologram AI]

I think they said if everything goes well that Batman will be this month but that it's not 100%. Not surprised if Paul and Batman get delayed in announcements. Wouldn't blame them for wanting to space out announcements from one another.

 

[Wor-Gar]

When Joker went up for order, didn't they say all those silhouettes would be revealed by end of May? Then that got changed to just Paul and Gandalf a few weeks later. I just read their Batman post a few days ago.

 

[Shoo]

This just looks like a shallow focal length issue to me.

I disagree. You can still see the eyes are essentially the same there, and neither of the Gandalf pics is shot at that extreme a focal length.

 

[rjszar]

I do agree with the comments being made about it lacking the character of Gandalf. And yes realistic doesn't necessarily translate into superb likeness. I had that argument so many times about the Prime 1 Police Assault Terminator statue....super realistic and terribly inaccurate with the likeness.

 

[FlyAndFight]

This just looks like a shallow focal length issue to me.

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I think the one on the left looks more like Gandalf...

 

[Hologram AI]

I think the one on the left looks more like Gandalf...

Yeah that Hobbit comparison isn't the best. Ian is noticeably older looking in it since it was 11-13 years later.

Even in Fellowship alone he can look different from shot to shot.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Good ref. The mustache shape is fairly consistent, and Queen needs to fix that to help sell the likeness.

 

[vaanrose]

I disagree. You can still see the eyes are essentially the same there, and neither of the Gandalf pics is shot at that extreme a focal length.

I dunno, the figure's face looks quite flat to me.

A complete front view like this is a bad way to show off a sculpt, anyway. If there's one thing I think Queen has been pretty consistently bad at so far, it's the marketing decisions.

 

[R_R_X]

Good ref. The mustache shape is fairly consistent, and Queen needs to fix that to help sell the likeness.

Definitely, the one on the proto is covering too much of the mouth, I believe trimming the excess and revealing more of the lips would do wonders to improve the likeness, but then again we won't know for sure how this will look until it's out.

 

[DioramaMaker]

Even with different lighting and color grading, it's still obviously McKellan, something the InArt sculpt can't convey or match.

Ironically the shot from Rivendell sells the Asmus sculpt because it looks smoother haha.